The Cutlass
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“Dagger will reveal its secret to those who deserve it...”
The teenager Misha Polyakov, being with his mother in a Ukrainian village on vacation with his grandmother and about to return home to Petrograd, offers his best friend Genka to go with him. Suddenly, a white gang of Nikitsky bursts into the village and attacks Misha’s house, where Commissioner Polevoy lives. The purpose of Nikitskiy (aka Nikolskiy) is a dagger located at Polevoy. Saving the commissioner, Misha learns from him the history and secret of the weapon, and receives it for storage with a request to solve the secret. Having returned with adventures to Petrograd, Misha Polyakov with friends begins to unravel the riddle of the dagger, in the handle of which is encrypted text.
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Cast
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Arkadi Tolbuzin
Commissar Polevoy
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Bruno Frejndlikh
Nikitskiy
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Vladimir Shakhmametiev
Misha Polyakov
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Boris Arakelov
Genka
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Maksim Perepelitsa
Nina Krachkovskaya
Valya Ivanova
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Natalya Rashevskaya
Mariya Gavrilovna Terentyeva
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Konstantin Adashevsky
Philatelist
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Sergei Filippov
Filin
Known for
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Igor Kasparov
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Valeri Sebekin
Vovka Baranov
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Viktor Brits
Misha Korovin
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Mikhail Shveitser Director · Vladimir Vengerov Director Anatoli Rybakov Writer
First release November 22, 1954 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Кортик
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Кортик
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · November 22, 1954
Theatrical · In cinemas nationwide
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
November 26, 1954
XC
February 25, 1955 · Theatrical
April 21, 1955 · TV · ČST
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